Rockford Automobile & Engine Company

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Federal Motor Company
Federal Automobile Company
Rockford Automobile & Engine Company
legal form Company
founding 1907
resolution 1909
Seat Rockford , Illinois , USA
Branch Automobiles

Rockford Automobile & Engine Company , formerly Federal Motor Company and Federal Automobile Company , was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Federal Motor Company was founded in Chicago , Illinois in 1907 . Adam Ziska was superintendent and John F. Waters the designer. They started with the production of automobiles. The brand name was Federal . In 1907 the company name changed to Federal Automobile Company .

In 1908 the company moved to Rockford , also in Illinois. Another renaming led to the Rockford Automobile & Engine Company . The brand name was Rockford in 1908 and then again Federal .

In May 1909 the Industrial Automobile Company from Elkhart , Indiana took over the company. It is possible that some vehicles with the previous brand names were created as a result.

There was no association with the Federal Motor Vehicle Company , which previously used the same brand name.

vehicles

All models had an air-cooled two-cylinder two - stroke engine with 14 hp . It was mounted in the rear and drove the rear axle via a friction gear and belt. The chassis had a wheelbase of 203 cm . The vehicles had solid rubber tires as standard . Against a significant additional cost of 100 US dollars were pneumatic tires available.

1907 there was the Model B . Construction was an open runabout with two seats.

1908 from the Model C .

In 1909 the Model E was bodied either as a two-seater runabout or as a two-seater Victoria . A convertible top was now also available.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1907 Model B 2 14th 203 Runabout 2-seater
1908 Model C 2 14th 203 Runabout 2-seater
1909 Model E. 2 14th 203 Runabout 2-seater, Victoria 2-seater

literature

  • Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805-1942. Digital edition . 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 2013, ISBN 978-1-4402-3778-2 , pp. 561 (English).
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 1: A-F . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 527 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805-1942. Digital edition . 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 2013, ISBN 978-1-4402-3778-2 , pp. 561 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 1: A-F . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 527 (English).